Health

House and Senate budget targets include investments, but also harmful cuts to health and human services

By Christina Wessel, Minnesota Budget Bites

The budget targets released by the House and Senate last week invest in many of the building blocks of our economic future, but also call for cuts to health and human services that could harm Minnesota’s most vulnerable residents.

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A little known holiday observance

By Michelle Baker

Not many people know, and even more disturbing is the fact that the media doesn't report it enough, is that April is STD Awareness Month.

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DFL budget targets for health and human services could spell disaster for Greater Minnesota

By Sally Jo Sorensen, Bluestem Prairie

We're a bit behind the curve in commenting on this story, but the consequences of budget cuts proposed by DFL leadership in the Minnesota House and Senate don't look good for the poor and vulnerable in rural areas.

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Bluestem Prairie

'Transgender Month of Action' sees a push for trans-inclusive health care

By Branden Largent, The Minnesota Daily

Labor unions and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-equality groups are pushing transgender-inclusive health care as part of the first-of-its-kind national Transgender Month of Action.

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Home care workers rally as lawmakers consider their union rights

By Michael Moore, St. Paul Union Advocate

Working to change a state law denying them the right to form a union, home health care workers “made it rain” at the Capitol yesterday, streaming more than 1,000 purple cutouts – each representing a home-care worker who has signed up for the union – from the second level onto the rotunda floor. It was a powerful backdrop for a rally that drew home-care providers and their clients. Together, they called on lawmakers to pass legislation granting workers who provide so-called “self-directed” care the right to decide for themselves if they want to form a union.

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Proposal would expand MinnesotaCare to more working poor

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

One of the options under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is for states to provide basic health care coverage to people earning between 133 and 200 percent of the federal poverty level. For an individual, that amounts to between $15,000 and $23,000 of income per year.

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Governor signs health insurance exchange into law

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Minnesota’s version of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is now state law and has an official name — MNsure: ‘Where you choose health coverage.’

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Eliminating health disparities is Liberian native's passion

By Michelle Lawrence, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Dr. Wilhelmina Holder (Photo courtesy of Dr. Holder)

People of African heritage in Minnesota experience higher rates of chronic disease, morbidity and mortality compared to nearly every other cultural group in the state, according to fact sheets compiled by the Minnesota Department of Health. Yet, despite these dismal facts, which would discourage some and certainly overwhelm others, there are women champions in our community.

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Residential treatment conditions need improvement, study says

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

An audit of the state’s 130 in-patient services for people with mental illness, developmental disabilities and chemical dependency resulted in several recommendations by the Office of the Legislative Auditor for service improvements from the top down.

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E-DEMOCRACY | Burning trash and growing vegetables

By Multiple authors, E-Democracy issues forums

From: andrea schaerf Date: Mar 07

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